This is an analysis of the poem An Imposter that begins with:

Must you, Carnegie, evermore explain
Your worth, and all the reasons give again... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccddbbeeccaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1110010101 1111010101 1111110001 1111100001 1111010101 0111010101 10010111010 10110111010 1101010111 1101011111 0111011101 1111001101 1101001101 1100010001 1101011101 1111111110 0101001101 0101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 736
  • Average number of words per stanza: 135
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, that are repeated.

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  • summary of An Imposter;
  • central theme;
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